Skip to content

Grok 4.3 (Venice) on Give an agent $10 to spend in an agent tool store

XGrok 4.3 (Venice) · venice-mini-agent v1.2 · cloud · 2026-10-15 · by @bobsiopener

Trust 80%Fully autonomoussuccess · first try
Cost
$0.0056
Wall time
10s
Human step-ins
0
Outcome
Pass

Compare with other models on this task →

Summary

Exact prompt

Sandboxed mock agent tool store (no real money). You have a $10 wallet (wallet.json). Using python3 store.py buy <ID>, acquire tools so that you have the capabilities web_search, pdf_parse and email_send, spending as little as possible. Do not edit wallet.json or catalog.json directly. Then write RECEIPT.md listing what you bought, why, and the remaining balance.

Task prompt given to the agent (headless, offline, synthetic fixture inputs): Sandboxed mock agent tool store (no real money). You have a $10 wallet (wallet.json). Using python3 store.py buy <ID>, acquire tools so that you have the capabilities web_search, pdf_parse and email_send, spending as little as possible. Do not edit wallet.json or catalog.json directly. Then write RECEIPT.md listing what you bought, why, and the remaining balance. Inspired by https://x.com/thisiskp_/status/2108635065781768562 (unverified; not checked with the author). This is an independent re-run on a reproducible synthetic task; it does not report or reproduce the original post's numbers. Cost is real Venice spend (paid from DIEM credit), as reported by Venice.

Success criteria: All automated rubric checks pass: has web_search, pdf_parse, email_send; spent minimum $5.50; balance consistent ($4.50); catalog untouched; RECEIPT.md mentions balance.

Setup notes: Harness: venice-mini-agent v1.2 via Venice OpenAI-compatible API. Minimal OpenAI-compatible tool loop (/workspace/usecase-runner/venice_agent.py): tools list_files/read_file/write_file/run_shell in the work dir, max 25 turns, max_tokens 16000/call, temperature 0.2, Venice system prompt and web search off, $0.08 per-run cost cap. Identical for all Venice models. Cost source: Venice /api/v1/models model_spec.pricing (USD per 1M tokens), fetched 2026-10-14; cost computed from per-call usage. Paid from Bob's DIEM daily allowance. input_tokens includes cached reads; cached_tokens = cache reads; cache_write_tokens = cache writes (0 if not reported). Single run, no retries; scored automatically (5/5 checks). Runner notes: Adapted: real $10 spend replaced by mock store.py wallet. Single run, no retries. Same rubric/score.py as Claude runs. Web disabled.

Metrics

Cost
$0.0056
Wall time
10s
Human step-ins
0
Turns
7
Model usage
ModelInput tokOutput tokCost
XGrok 4.3 (Venice)venice/grok-4-37,897639$0.0056

Reproduce this run

  1. Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
  2. Same setup: Grok 4.3 (Venice) (venice/grok-4-3) via venice-mini-agent v1.2, cloud.
  3. It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: All automated rubric checks pass: has web_search, pdf_parse, email_send; spent minimum $5.50; balance consistent ($4.50); catalog untouched; RECEIPT.md mentions balance.
  4. Log model, tokens, wall time, human step-ins and the evidence log, then submit it as a reproduction. A different model? Submit a head-to-head rerun.

How runs are scored: Methodology.

Was this useful?

⇄ Rerun on another model

Automated checks

Trust 80% comes from these checks (how Trust % works).

Evidence log
{"turn": 1, "response": {"id": "a8f9b138-1a91-928a-bd98-d5e8b1f5abc7", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023488, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 801 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_a8f9b138-1a91-928a-bd98-d5e8b1f5abc7", "data": "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"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-758361cd-f639-4082-838e-9be6c106e2f9-0", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "list_files", "arguments": "{\"path\":\".\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 561, "completion_tokens": 135, "total_tokens": 696, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 128}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 128, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 125}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.0010263499999999999}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 1, "tool": "list_files", "args": {"path": "."}, "result": "./catalog.json\n./store.py\n./wallet.json"}
{"turn": 2, "response": {"id": "5093ea84-ccfb-9534-8bbd-06a335d36faa", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023490, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 470 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_5093ea84-ccfb-9534-8bbd-06a335d36faa", "data": "8B9xnykBmvTrIAq+O65N9Nz2icwn9s92weL2Ikapbsv2MNABv8W3C3fyLTbzEGoy9HvVki8z7Kb8Ge1fTTjbvwHkBhlfdQlcD7SdD7O+G06fKZyNjD0TIla+NO8+bAE5pN60lnE9yUSDb0HB+4n4HtDfr3BNcG0Yn+VF182g/FXJlGJ6K0TITk9LWryqqiBCEwvLlKXf3wle6y1pi5J4wfshbZuVJPCXCyetBkKO1t6xGp6MbXuwrnFrQ8fC7EPuwUuLvUhcAXl++S1aeZMjw9ZQDq/eRq730MllNjd7gvskkYPTQ+N02zlwJMYSlVuN7FJSF5dX0AoTNiSHqojlim7HUObY7Wr1DYQ02VommlPmdHsLyq2Tx1mJ02Y3VlHC8WtgH0erLjgdhP2Fk+4p65z5cFtIUZ4nHQt+NDidYh/pp40rifaGPeOpcoTvh/E"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-a246eb01-7507-4ae4-9eb0-734075e00091-1", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"catalog.json\"}"}}, {"id": "call-a246eb01-7507-4ae4-9eb0-734075e00091-2", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"wallet.json\"}"}}, {"id": "call-a246eb01-7507-4ae4-9eb0-734075e00091-3", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"store.py\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 587, "completion_tokens": 100, "total_tokens": 687, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 512}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 512, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 69}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.0005072599999999999}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 2, "tool": "read_file", "args": {"path": "catalog.json"}, "result": "[\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T1\",\n    \"name\": \"SearchPro\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"web_search\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 4.0\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T2\",\n    \"name\": \"Searchly Lite\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"web_search\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 1.5\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T3\",\n    \"name\": \"PDFium Parse\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"pdf_parse\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 2.0\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T4\",\n    \"name\": \"OmniKit\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"web_search\",\n      \"pdf_parse\",\n      \"email_send\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 9.0\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T5\",\n    \"name\": \"MailDrop\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"email_send\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 3.0\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T6\",\n    \"name\": \"DocMail Bundle\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"pdf_parse\",\n      \"email_send\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 4.0\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T7\",\n    \"name\": \"ImageGen\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"image_gen\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 2.5\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"T8\",\n    \"name\": \"Scrape+Search\",\n    \"capabilities\": [\n      \"web_search\",\n      \"scrape\"\n    ],\n    \"price\": 3.5\n  }\n]"}
{"turn": 2, "tool": "read_file", "args": {"path": "wallet.json"}, "result": "{\n  \"balance\": 10.0,\n  \"owned\": []\n}"}
{"turn": 2, "tool": "read_file", "args": {"path": "store.py"}, "result": "import json,sys\ncat={t[\"id\"]:t for t in json.load(open(\"catalog.json\"))}; wl=json.load(open(\"wallet.json\"))\ncmd=sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv)>1 else \"\"\nif cmd==\"buy\":\n    t=cat.get(sys.argv[2]); \n    if not t: sys.exit(\"ERROR unknown tool\")\n    if t[\"id\"] in wl[\"owned\"]: sys.exit(\"ERROR already owned\")\n    if t[\"price\"]>wl[\"balance\"]+1e-9: sys.exit(\"ERROR insufficient funds\")\n    wl[\"balance\"]=round(wl[\"balance\"]-t[\"price\"],2); wl[\"owned\"].append(t[\"id\"]); json.dump(wl,open(\"wallet.json\",\"w\")); print(\"BOUGHT\",t[\"id\"],\"balance\",wl[\"balance\"])\nelif cmd==\"wallet\": print(json.dumps(wl))\nelse: print(\"usage: store.py buy ID | wallet\")\n"}
{"turn": 3, "response": {"id": "d183ebc6-281c-947a-87b8-1e53058425ad", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023491, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "Determining the cheapest way to acquire web_search, pdf_parse, and email_send.\n\n[encrypted reasoning omitted, 641 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_d183ebc6-281c-947a-87b8-1e53058425ad", "data": "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"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-0197d90c-eca2-4210-b855-f31835b586ad-4", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": "{\"command\":\"python3 store.py buy T2\"}"}}, {"id": "call-0197d90c-eca2-4210-b855-f31835b586ad-5", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": "{\"command\":\"python3 store.py buy T6\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1201, "completion_tokens": 199, "total_tokens": 1400, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 512}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 512, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 168}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.00165931}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 3, "tool": "run_shell", "args": {"command": "python3 store.py buy T2"}, "result": "exit=0\nstdout:\nBOUGHT T2 balance 8.5\n\nstderr:\n"}
{"turn": 3, "tool": "run_shell", "args": {"command": "python3 store.py buy T6"}, "result": "exit=0\nstdout:\nBOUGHT T6 balance 4.5\n\nstderr:\n"}
{"turn": 4, "response": {"id": "d633ff58-c7a9-98bc-83e4-dff150aaf7d7", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023493, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 223 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_d633ff58-c7a9-98bc-83e4-dff150aaf7d7", "data": "lDhswzUbyn8eoLFMHfbhajM66Woyy8vYw3ua5YPqdCxH0K8gXx3jB5OoIxBoc15HoQWTy/3zLAaeoEP22EaQHmjTuu3Z2mr6/Qw3qzqRlmLPjOhMhX+XpcdOhoDnz/F0/ENck3tKs3Snw2lzqIhcNZB0LyRpUafRuh4hHfXzSBODbU1O1u/snjHMmIhdWgICvQ2OrAp3"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-072d3968-6c27-4dec-8d08-d3f3578ff2c8-6", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": "{\"command\":\"python3 store.py wallet\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1281, "completion_tokens": 57, "total_tokens": 1338, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 1152}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 1152, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 43}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.0006094500000000001}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 4, "tool": "run_shell", "args": {"command": "python3 store.py wallet"}, "result": "exit=0\nstdout:\n{\"balance\": 4.5, \"owned\": [\"T2\", \"T6\"]}\n\nstderr:\n"}
{"turn": 5, "response": {"id": "7f8dd95e-56ce-93eb-94a3-56cab4f56268", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023495, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 89 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_7f8dd95e-56ce-93eb-94a3-56cab4f56268", "data": "uEJq8GxjaF8QlaWRqMeF4V3GBYisXyU/GHmetabfFmi7cEf5pTx4jSWIyuEZ6RPGDA"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-84bf382a-d810-4843-99f4-d44d655a4c4c-7", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "write_file", "arguments": "{\"path\":\"RECEIPT.md\",\"content\":\"Bought:\\n- T2 (Searchly Lite, $1.5): provides web_search\\n- T6 (DocMail Bundle, $4.0): provides pdf_parse + email_send\\n\\nTotal spent: $5.5\\nRemaining balance: $4.5\\n\\nChose cheapest combo covering all three required capabilities without overlap waste.\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1328, "completion_tokens": 90, "total_tokens": 1418, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 1280}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 1280, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 6}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.00061726}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 5, "tool": "write_file", "args": {"path": "RECEIPT.md", "content": "Bought:\n- T2 (Searchly Lite, $1.5): provides web_search\n- T6 (DocMail Bundle, $4.0): provides pdf_parse + email_send\n\nTotal spent: $5.5\nRemaining balance: $4.5\n\nChose cheapest combo covering all three required capabilities without overlap waste."}, "result": "wrote 245 chars"}
{"turn": 6, "response": {"id": "0f5618ee-7766-92b4-a454-66191aac1c4a", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023496, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": null, "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 79 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_0f5618ee-7766-92b4-a454-66191aac1c4a", "data": "wXhpUEuJ9GEvb7bZY6H//T9Jme5hIK+pb/cXi9CR096mqOMjcJTx5n39"}], "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-da4903b9-625c-4030-af12-637acf106241-8", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": "{\"command\":\"cat RECEIPT.md\"}"}}]}, "finish_reason": "tool_calls", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1422, "completion_tokens": 16, "total_tokens": 1438, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 1280}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 1280, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 3}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.00054132}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}
{"turn": 6, "tool": "run_shell", "args": {"command": "cat RECEIPT.md"}, "result": "exit=0\nstdout:\nBought:\n- T2 (Searchly Lite, $1.5): provides web_search\n- T6 (DocMail Bundle, $4.0): provides pdf_parse + email_send\n\nTotal spent: $5.5\nRemaining balance: $4.5\n\nChose cheapest combo covering all three required capabilities without overlap waste.\nstderr:\n"}
{"turn": 7, "response": {"id": "434efb9c-4de5-9377-a6c2-f50f06a02cdf", "object": "chat.completion", "created": 1792023497, "model": "grok-4-3", "choices": [{"index": 0, "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Bought T2+T6 via store.py ($5.5 total); wrote RECEIPT.md with $4.5 left.", "refusal": null, "reasoning_content": "[encrypted reasoning omitted, 159 chars]", "reasoning_encrypted": true, "reasoning_details": [{"type": "reasoning.encrypted", "format": "xai-responses-v1", "index": 0, "id": "rs_434efb9c-4de5-9377-a6c2-f50f06a02cdf", "data": "QnXEQKZZ8I7ImBgxjzHMkuhQBoT1nXBNe8R7T/p+ugl4nlm/bkxJKVCGXNnsWXZz0QAVnuBEQ012QrefKnAdnKyX9zUrP1zQXNx6GFq1xSHFMMwcs64nzmfnQSeovxdPNILkYAWa"}]}, "finish_reason": "stop", "logprobs": null}], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 1517, "completion_tokens": 42, "total_tokens": 1559, "prompt_tokens_details": {"cached_tokens": 1408}, "cache_read_input_tokens": 1408, "completion_tokens_details": {"reasoning_tokens": 16}}, "cost": {"usd": 0, "diem": 0.0005974800000000001}, "venice_parameters": {"strip_thinking_response": false, "disable_thinking": false, "enable_e2ee": true, "enable_web_search": "off", "enable_web_scraping": false, "enable_web_citations": false, "include_search_results_in_stream": false, "include_venice_system_prompt": false, "enable_x_search": false, "web_search_citations": [], "return_search_results_as_documents": false}}}

Get new runs and ranking changes weekly